End of Day 4 - MBA Orientation

Alright, I am going to try to post pictures again today. Hopefully I will have better luck. AND, Dave keeps throwing me under the bus by telling everyone on his blog to keep an eye on mine because I am supposed to be posting pictures.

This is a picture of our wonderful MBA Mentors. This group of Walton MBA students will be beginning their last semester next Monday. They will graduate in May. This week they have been instrumental in assisting the GSB and the new MBA students during Orientation. This is one way that MBA students are able to become involved and active in activities outside of the classroom. They will serve as mentors this spring semester to our new MBA students. From left, we have Josh Richardson, Dave Alderson, Nhan Nguyen, Jesse Chester (seated), Helen Gunsaulis, and Patricia Im.

As I mentioned Monday evening is spent at Mount Sequoyah where the new MBA students are on an overnight retreat. Here is a group playing a board game waiting for the pizza to arrive.


On the second day, the students participate in team building exercises. This is team six and they were the winners of the day's events. As you can see, this is a very fun day.


Day three is the prep day for the case competition that is held on day four. This photo shows a group hard at work on their presentation. The class is divided into 6 groups and they are all working in rooms similar to this one.



Day four is the case competition. All teams present their findings to a panel of faculty and corporate judges. This is a good chance to shine in front of future instructors and to impress our local corporate partners. You never know, this opportunity could lead to a future interview. This is a photo of the team case competition winners. From left, Michael Buchanan, Stacy Carty, Wenqi Clark, Xia (Sherry) Li, and Brian Gunnels.

Tomorrow is retail immersion day. I will post more pictures and talk about it on Monday.